STRIX, STROMATEUS, 264 
Sec. B. Earless owls. 
nyetea, (snow-owl,) body whitish, with a few 
brown lunate spots. Often snew-white in the 
winter. 2 feet long. 
nebulosa, (cloud owl,) head, neck, breast, back 
and wing-coverts brown, spotted with white : 
belly dirty white, streaked with brown; tail 
with brown and whitish bands, and whitish 
atthe tip. 2 feet long. 
lammea, (common owl,) body pale yellow above 
with white dots, whitish beneath with blackish 
cdots. 14 inches long. 
wiula, (speckled owl,) body brown above, spotted 
with white; tail-feathers with linear white 
bands. 14 inches long, but often much smaller. 
junerea, (canada owl,) body brown above witha — 
few large white spots, white beneath with trans- 
verse narrow brown bars ; tail long with broad 
brown and narrow white bars. 
dcadica, (acadian owl,) body bright bay, spotted 
with white above, dirty white mixed with rusty 
beneath. 7 inches long. 
fpasserina, (sparrow owl,) quill-feathers with five 
rows of white spots. About 8 inches long. A 
‘smaller variety has the eyes surrounded with 
white circles; and a larger variety has a white 
chin and variegated wings. 
albifrons, (white-faced owl,) body rusty-brown, 
paler beneath ; forehead white ; quiil-feathers 
barred with black and white. 5 inches long. 
See MS. P. 
4—i. Srromarevus. Spec. 3. 
paruy, (stromat,) back golden, belly silvery ; body 
